Franklin County Jail

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The Franklin County Jail is located at 101 East Main in Charleston, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about everything related to the Franklin County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Franklin County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Franklin County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Franklin County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Franklin County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Franklin County Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. It also will depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to get released in the morning.

Franklin County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Franklin County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the official Franklin County Jail at (479) 667-4127 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Franklin County Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Franklin County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Franklin County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Franklin County Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Franklin County Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Franklin County Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records online or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Franklin County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates change frequently, so it would be best to check the Franklin County Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Franklin County Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Franklin County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (479) 667-4127 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Franklin County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Franklin County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get cut back or totally denied.

The Franklin County Jail phone number is: (479) 667-4127

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Franklin County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Franklin County Jail, click the link below.

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